Cash register and indicator



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W. E. BROOKE CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

No. 523,102. PatentedJuly 17,1894.

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CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

Patented July 17,, 1894.

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WILLIAM E. BROOKE, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TO THE NATIONALOASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,102, dated July 17,1894.

Application filed January 8,1894. Serial No. 496,157. (No model.)

To 00% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. BROOKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cash Registers andIndicators, of which the following is a description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements on machines manufactured underLetters Patent of the United States, Nos. 420,554. and 420,555 to Fullerand Griswold, and now upon the market, and consists in novel means forreleasing the drawer, sounding the alarm and exposing the indicators,whereby the operation of the machine is simplified and improved.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective View of themachine within its casing; Fig. 2 a corresponding view without thecasing and with the registering wheels and some other parts of themechanism removed; Fig. 3 a rear elevation of the machine with thecasing removed; Fig. 4 a vertical section through the middle of themachine looking toward the right; Fig. 5 an end elevation of the righthand end of the machine, with the side frame in dotted lines to exposethe parts beyond; Fig. 6 an enlarged detail view of the releasingdevices; and Fig. 7 a detail view of the gongsounding devices.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts inall the figures.

The operating devices of the machine consist of levers .A, loosely hungupon the horizontal rod B extending across the middle portion of themachine, Fig. 4. These levers project at their front ends throughvertical slots in the front plate of the casing, Fig. 1, and havesecured to them curved plates O each bearing a series of numbers, and inthis instance the nine digits, and having projecting from its oppositesides in alternating order an equal number of finger-pieces D. The rearends of the levers, about the rod B, are widened into circular plateseach of which has gear ,teeth out upon one part of its periphery,thereby forming a segmental gear B. By means of intermediate pinions Eloose upon a rod F and meshing with segments B',and gear toothed platesG hung upon a rod H, the levers A are geared to the indicator wheels Iwhich are loose upon a rod J. Each of these wheels bears a series ofindicating numbers representing the nine digits and a naught, and theadjustment of the parts is such that when the front end of any one ofthe levers is pulled downward until the finger-piece opposite one of itsnumbers reaches a given point the indicator geared to such lever will beturned until its corresponding number is brought to the reading openingor window in the casing.

The operating levers are yieldingly held in their upper and normalposition, and returned thereto after being pulled downward and released,by coiled springs K secured to and wound around a fixed rod L at therear of the machine and connected at their free ends by chains M to therear ends of the levers A above their pivotal rod B.

For the purpose of temporarily holding the levers in any position towhich they may be moved, to cause the indicating numbers to remaintemporarily in View, there is provided a series of holding pawls Ncarried by a rod 0 loosely mounted at its opposite ends in the sideframes of the machine and capable of slight endwise movement. The pawlsare spaced upon the rod by their extended hubs N Fig. 3, and independentmovement of them longitudinally upon the rod prevented, while springs 0connected to their hubs, Figs. 4 and 5, yieldingly hold them engagedwith the gear-toothed segments 13' upon the ends of the operating leverA. \Vhile so engaged they permit the levers to be rocked downward, butprevent return upward movement of them, so that when the front end ofany lever is pulled downward and released from the hand of the operatorits co-operating pawl will hold it in the position to which it has beenmoved. When the rod 0 is slid to the left, by means to be described, thepawls are carried out of engagement with the segments and the loversreleased and returned to normal position by the springs K beforereferred to, thereby resetting the operated indicators to zero. A

spring P coiled around the red O at its left hand end and confinedbetween acollar thereon and the side frame of the machine yieldinglyholds the rod in and returns to its normal right hand position. Fastupon and depending from the rod near its left hand end is an arm Qcarrying upon a vertical pivot an anti-friction sleeve It Fig. (3adapted to co-operate with the beveled rear end of the sliding rod Smounted in guides upon the side frame and projecting at its frontendthrough the front plates of the casing and provided with a push buttonT, Figs. 1 and 2. The rear end of the rod S is beveled o'ff upon itsleft hand side and arranged to engage an antifriction sleeve upon thearm Q, when the rod S is pushed rearward and thereby force the rod 0 tothe left and disengage the pawls N from the lever segments, releasingthe latter and permitting the return of them and the indicators toinitial position as before described. A spring 'U coiled around the rodS between its rear guideway and a block V fast thereon and sliding uponthe edge of the frame yieldingly holds the rod in and returns it tonormal position.

For the purpose of arresting the operated levers and indicators, andpreventing excess of movement of them under quick or violent operationof the levers there is provided a locking bar WV hung by side arms atits opposite ends upon the rod II and overlying the pinions E. Dependingfrom the supporting side arms of this bar are two links X whose lowerends are pivoted to the side arms of a pressure frame consisting of twoarms Y hung at their rear ends upon a rod Z at the rear of the machineand rigidly connected at their forward ends by a pressure barA extendingacross the machine immediately in front of the operating levers, Fig. 1.Nhen the bar A is depressed the locking bar W is thrown downward intoengagement with the pinions E, thereby locking said pinions and theparts geared to them from further movement.

In operating the register the finger is placed upon the linger-piece ofthe proper lever opposite the number it is desired to indicate and thelever is pulled downward until the finger of the operator strikes thepressure bar A and is arrested thereby. This will cause the indicator tobe turned until the number corresponding to the linger-piece is broughtto the sight opening and the locking bar W to be thrown downward intoengagement with the pinions E as before explained. A coiled springsecured at its upper end to the framework and connected atits lower endto the bar vV yieldingly holds the latter in and returns it to itsnormal position. The bar A. is capable of only very slight movement, asit will be arrested by the casing of the machine as soon as it hasbeendmgressed a short distance.

Hung by side arms 0 upon the rod J is a screen plate D extending acrossthe indicator wheels I at the line of the sight opening. When this plateis thrown upward, above the sight opening the indicators are exposed toview, and when it is lowered in the rear of said opening the indicatorsare hidden. The

hub of the right hand side arm 0 which surrounds the rod .l, is providedupon its under side with a lug D which fits in a notch in the upper endof the lever E hung upon the rod 1-1. When the lower end of this leveris thrown rearward and its upper end forward the side arms 0 will berocked upon the rod J and the screen plate D thrown upward to expose theindicators. The lever extends at its lower end and to the bottom of theframe-work and is provided with a forwardly extending plate F. The frontend of this plate stands in the path of a stud or pin Gr projectinglaterally from a backwardly and forwardly movable rod l'l mounted in,guideways upon the side frame. When this red is pushed rearward the pinG engages the plate F and rocks the lever and throws up the screen plateto expose the indicators. A coiled spring ll con nected at its forwardend to the frame-work and at its rear end to theleverE near its lowerend yicldingly holds the latter in its normal position. The lower edgeof the lever and its plate F lit in a groove or notch in an endwisemovable rod 1 loosely mounted in its opposite ends in the side frames. Acoiled spring J surrounding the left hand end of the rod between acollar thereon and the side frame of the machine presses the rod towardthe right. The lower edge of the plate F is provided near its forwardend with a notch K and when the lower-end of thelever is moved rearwarduntil this notch is brought opposite the rod 1 the latter is thrown tothe right by its spring J, the rounded upper half of the rod fitting inthe notch and holding the lever in its rearward position, with thescreen plate D elevated and the indicators exposed to view. The partswill remain in this position until the rod 1 is slid to the left againand its notch brought beneath the plate F, whereupon the spring It willthrow the lower end of the lever forward to normal position again, thelower edge of the plate F traveling in the notch in the rod and holdingthe latter from return movement to the right under the stress of itsspring J as before explained. The means for sliding the rod 1 to theright to thus release the lever E and drop the screen plate to hide theindicators consists of a rearward extension L of the arm Q, Figs. and 6,fast upon and depending from the rod 0 as heretofore described. Whenthis rod is slid to the left by pushing the rod S the extension L of thearm Q will engage the collar of the rod 1 and carry the latter to theleft also, with the result above stated.

The framework of the machine rests upon the nsualbase M. provided with adrawer compartment containing the money drawer N. This drawer whenclosed is locked by a vertically sliding bolt 0 mounted in a suitableguideway in the lower rear cross piece of the frame-work and presseddownward by a flat spring P, Fig. ll. lever Q, pivoted upon a verticalpivot has a beveled end engaging a notch in the side of the bolt 0, Fig.t.

When

the right hand end of this lever is moved rearward and its left endforward the bolt will be lifted and the drawer released, whereupon thedrawer will be thrown open by a suitable spring R placed behind it. Theright hand end of the lever Q stands in the path of the rear end of therod H, so that when the latter is slid rearward to its limit of movementthe lever will be rocked and the drawer released.

The alarm gong S of the machine is in this instance secured upon aseparate plate T fastened upon the side frame of the machine and soundedby a striker U pivoted upon said plate and pulled toward the gong by acoiled spring V. The lower end of the striker arm has pivoted to it atrip W;Fig. 7, which depends into the path of a stud X projecting from ablock or collar X fast upon the rod H. Whenever the rod is pushedrearward the stud X engages the trip IV and rocks the striker upon itspivot, and when the stud clears the trip the spring V throws the strikeragainst the gong. In the return forward movement of the rod the studflips the trip up and passes freely by it.

A spring Y coiled around the rod H between its rear guideway and theblock X yieldingly holds the rod in and returns it to its normalposition.

Having now described the indicator screen, the drawer mechanism and thealarm mechanism, and the manner in which they are all operated by thebackwardly and forwardly movable rod H, I will next describe the meansfor operating said rod to cause it to perform its several duties.

Pivoted to the front ends of arms A B fast upon a rock shaft Z journaledat its opposite ends in the side frames of the machine are thedownwardly bent opposite ends of a pressure bar 0 which extends acrossthe entire series of operating levers immediately in front of thepressure bar A. A link D pivoted at its rear end to the right hand sidearm Y of the bar A and at its front end to the end of the bar 0 sustainsthe latter in vertical position but permits it to vibrate up and down.Fast upon the rock shaft Z is a rearwardly extending arm E in thisinstance integral with the arm B the two forming a lever having theshaft Z as a fulcrum, Fig. 4:. The arm E carries at its rear end aroller F which bears against the under side of an arm G which is hung atits forward end to the frame-work at 11 To the rear end of the arm G ispivoted the lower forward end of an arm 1 whose upper rear end is forkedand embraces the block X on the rod H. The arms G I form a downwardlybent toggle and when the pressure bar 0 is depressed and the roller onthe arm E caused to lift the arm G and straighten the toggle the rod IIwill be pressed rearward, against the stress of the spring Y, to shiftthe screen plate, un- I lock the drawer and sound the gong. Whenpressure on the bar 0 is removed the spring Y throws the rod H forwardto normal position and lifts the bar 0 In operating the machine theseveral lovers will be successively pulled downward the proper distanceto indicate the desired amounts, and with the completion of the strokeof the last one the operator will depress the bar F and expose theindicators, open the drawer and sound the alarm. Inasmuch as the bar Fextends across the entire machine, in close proximity to the operatinglevers, the operator can depress the bar, to accomplish these results,by the same movement which pulls down the last operating lever, and thusthe opening of the drawer and other operations be made practicallyautomatic, or incidental to the setting of the operatin g levers,instead of requiringa separate operation of an independent device.

This application is subordinate to another application filedsimultaneously with it and bearing Serial No. 496,156, in which adifferent means for transmitting the movement of the pressure bar to thesliding rod is shown and described, and the new mode of operationbroadly claimed.

Having fully described my invention, I claim 1. In a cash register andindicator such as described, the combination, with the indicators, andthe operating levers each provided with the series of numbers andfinger-pieces, of the reciprocating rod 11 and connections for actuatingthe screen plate, drawer-lock or other part of the machine, the pressurebar extending across the front of the series of levers, the toggle G 1for actuating the rod H, and connections between the bar 0 and togglefor straightening the latter for the purpose described.

2. In a cash register and indicator such as described, the combination,with the indicators, and the operating levers each provided with theseries of numbers and finger-pieces, of the reciprocating rod H andconnections for actuating the screen plate, drawer-lock or other part ofthe machine, the pressure bar 0 extending across the front of the seriesof levers, the rock shaft Z, the forwardly pro= jecting arms A B fastthereon, the pressure bar 0 supported by said arms, the toggle Gr 1 foractuating the rod II, and the rearwardly projecting arm E fast upon theshaft Z and carrying the roller F engaging the arm G substantiallyas andfor the purpose described.

WM. E. BROOKE.

Witnesses:

G. V. PAoKER, EDWIN R0131. WALKER,

